Operation Gadget
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RushLimbaugh.com Publishes Two Music Videos Formatted for iPod with Video Playback Produced by Soldiers Overseas
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today, Rush Limbaugh announced on his syndicated radio show that two music videos from Sgt. Clay Smith are available in iPod Video format exclusively on RushLimbaugh.com. The music videos videos were discussed on Rush Limbaugh’s program on November 23 when Limbaugh replayed a call he took during a podcast that…
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Leapster Titles That Play on TV Using the L-Max
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the questions that Operation Gadget readers have about the Leapster L-Max learning game system is which Leapster games play on the television with the L-Max?. Here’s a list of games that are known to work on your TV: Leapster Kindergarten, Leapster 1st Grade, Leapster 2nd Grade, Leapster Batman, Leapster…
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Leapster L-Max is a Popular Gift for 4 to 10 Year Olds
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLeapster L-Max is turning out to be one of the most popular electronic learning games for the 2005 holiday season. I discovered this because of the response that has occurred since I mentioned the L-Max in an Operation Gadget called Electronics Dominate the Toy Wishes “Hot Dozen” Holiday Gift List for…
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Star Shower Laser Magic Projector Creates the Illusion of Dancing Images on Your House
Reading Time: 2 minutesKathleen and I moved to a ranch house in Newtown, PA in July. We were in The Home Depot in Fairless Hills the other day looking at outdoor Christmas lights for our house. It occurred to us that we could string lights all the way from one end of our house to…
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iPod with Video Playback Shape is Surprisingly Different from Previous Models
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sunday, Kathleen and I trekked out to the Apple Store at The Plaza at King of Prussia in the western suburbs of Philadelphia. We had some business to do there and were curious to see the Fifth Generation iPods, since neither of us had held one in our hands before. I…
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Palm Releases Treo 650 Updater 1.17 for Cingular Subscribers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI missed this in the run up to Thanksgiving, but Palm released Treo 650 Updater 1.17 for Cingular Wireless customers on November 21. This update supercedes the one that was released in July and adds the following improvements: Includes Versamail 3.1c, Gmail attachment downloads, Optimizes Bluetooth performance for some Motorola headsets…
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Why Are The Operation Gadget Sidebars Out of Alignment?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA few Operation Gadget readers have written since we redesigned our pages to point out that the page sidebars are out of alignment on their browsers. Most of the people who are experiencing this are using Firefox 1.07 or earlier. These alignment problems are fixed in Firefox 1.5. Firefox 1.5 has…
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DirecTiVo Owners Have a Pretty Simple Upgrade Option to Get Series 2 Features
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Thanksgiving, my cousin Brian Lynch and I exchanged emails about our dilemma as owners of DirecTV Series 2 digital video recorders. Brian said: My DirecTV Tivo has two USB ports in the back. The instruction book says the ports are for “future use”. Do you think I can hook a USB…